THE CROWDS IN BASRAH ARE APPROX 50 TO 100 PEOPLE. THEY WERE HOSTILE AND HAVE BEEN THROWING BRICKS AT PATROLS TRANSITING THE AREA. 20 BDE HAVE THREE PATROLS ON THE GROUND OBSERVING THE CROWDS. AT 1200 THERE WERE TWO GROUPS OF AROUND 40 PAX. THE IPS WERE HOLDING THEM OFF BY FIRING SHOTS ABOVE THEIR HEADS. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT WHEN THE IPS FIRST STARTED FIRING THAT 1 CIVILIAN WAS SHOT. THE IZ IS DEAD. ACTUALLY THE SITUATION IS GETTING CALM AGAIN AND THE CROWDS ARE DISPERSING.